Mental Health
Opinion
When coping skills and parenting behavioral interventions ‘don’t work’
Coping skills and behavioral interventions do not immediately cure anxiety, mend broken hearts, correct disruptive behaviors, disentangle power...
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Higher industriousness reduces risk of predementia syndrome in older adults
Certain facets of conscientiousness could be treatment targets to reduce motoric cognitive risk syndrome and dementia.
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Mechanical touch therapy device promising for anxiety
Study participants were on medications that weren’t effective and wanted to find a nondrug method of relieving their symptoms.
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U.S. docs at double the risk of postpartum depression
The high postpartum depression rates among physicians might be associated with worse patient care, said Dr. Alison Stuebe.
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New toolkit offers help for climate change anxiety
The toolkit includes three main sections that feature video clips and reflective questions around eco-anxiety, eco-paralysis, and ecological grief...
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Residential green space linked to better cognitive function
The researchers found lower rates of depression might contribute to the cognitive benefits associated with green-space exposure.
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Adherence to ADHD meds may lower unemployment risk
Among women in particular, longer treatment duration was associated with a lower risk of subsequent long-term unemployment.
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Depression biomarkers: Which ones matter most?
Of the biomarkers investigated, patients with unipolar depression had higher CSF levels of interleukin 6, total protein, and cortisol.
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Seven hours of sleep is ideal for middle aged and older
Too much or too little sleep may contribute to poor mental health and cognitive performance.
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Severe COVID-19 adds 20 years of cognitive aging: Study
The impairment is “equivalent to losing 10 IQ points.”
Practice Alert
Should you be screening for eating disorders?
The US Preventive Services Task Force recently said there’s insufficient evidence to come out in favor of (or against) routine screening for...